"Denise Welch doesn't seem the kind of woman who would turn up with an entourage. But here she is having her hair primped in a makeshift changing room by two people. One tickling her fringe, the other tweaking her tufts. Blimey, I say, have you got two assistants? She grins. No. There are three. And now it turns out she's got a fourth. I offer to make her a cup of coffee. She warns me she's fussy. Three teaspoons of Coffee-Mate, please."
"Welch is having a moment. She calls it, with a fabulously camp flourish, her renaissance. The actor and Loose Women regular has hardly been invisible in recent years. But this is on another level. For most of the 2000s, she has been best known for dishing out blithe opinions about anything and everything, and being the mother of the 1975's frontman, Matty Healy. Now, though, it's the acting that's getting the attention."
"Welch has also got parts in the new Russell T Davies drama series Tip Toe, the Josh Pugh sitcom Stepping Up, both on Channel 4, and the adaptation of Graham Norton's novel Forever Home. And there's more. At 67, Welch has become an unlikely fashion darling. Last month she featured in the ultratrendy counterculture magazine i-D, and in November she became a party correspondent for GQ, working the red carpet at the Man of the Year awards in blacked-out wraparound sunnies and thigh-high OffWhite boots."
Denise Welch arrives with multiple assistants attending her hair and makeup. She describes the period as her renaissance. Her acting work includes a return to Waterloo Road as Steph Haydock, and roles in Russell T Davies's Tip Toe, Josh Pugh's Stepping Up, and an adaptation of Graham Norton's Forever Home. At 67 she has gained fashion prominence, appearing in i-D and serving as a GQ party correspondent in statement sunglasses and Off-White boots. Young celebrities sought selfies with her at a high-profile wedding. She has long struggled with depression and addiction and endured harsh press treatment.
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